Unlicensed Therapist - Miami, United States - Family Resource Center of South Florida

Description

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This is a full-time, salaried clinical position that provides psychologically necessary clinical services to children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. These services include, but are not necessarily limited to: Counseling, Psychotherapy, Assessment, Mental Health Triage, Crisis-Intervention, Providing Supervised Visitation and/or Providing Therapeutically Supervised Visitation, and Providing In-Service Presentations on selected topics.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Master's degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, Human Services, or some equivalent training.
• At least two year's work experience with severely emotionally disturbed or troubled children and families.

Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to work as a team member and have good communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions and be flexible in relation to department needs.
• Proficiency in Communication & Written skills.
• Knowledge of accreditation standards and regulatory body rules and regulations.
• Knowledge regarding age-specific / developmental
• Must be an assertive and highly organized master's level therapist with excellent documentation skills.
• Must be bilingual speaking both English and Spanish and/or English and Haitian Creole

Specific Areas of Responsibility to Position:

1. Provides psychologically necessary and clinically indicated in-home, in-office, or in-school therapeutic behavioral services to children residing in caregivers' homes, emergency shelters, and/or any of the shelters or foster homes.
2. Provides psychological and psycho-educational assessments on an as-needed basis.
3. Practices according to the highest relevant clinical standards and highest relevant ethical standards of the mental health professional's sub-specialty.
4. Provides services to a minimum of 25 billable clients per week, if most of the work is done in the field; and provides services to a minimum of 30 billable clients per week if most of the work is done in-office.
5. Develops and maintains client records in a timely manner and in accordance with Family Resource Center's Policies and procedures, and Medicaid and JCAHO standards.
6. Submits Medicaid or other billing on a weekly basis to Family Resource Center's Finance Department
7. Receives weekly clinical supervision by a licensed supervisor.
8. Attends weekly clinical meetings to discuss children and adolescents in foster homes and shelter settings and updates
   
   treatment plans/reviews.
   
   9. Participates in the agency's Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Program
   
   10 Contributes to the understanding and acceptance of cultural diversity within the agency and the community;
   
   11. Complies with all relevant JCAHO standards and regulations.
   
   12. Utilizes the agency's resources in a fiscally conservative manner.
   
   13. Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Benefits:

• Health Insurance (Fully-Funded Employer Plan)
• Dental Insurance (Fully-Funded Employer Plan)
• Vision Insurance (Fully-Funded Employer Plan)
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Family Medical Leave
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Employer Paid to all full-time employees)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Insurance
• You may qualify for public service Loan Forgiveness
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development

Family Resource Center of South Florida, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic or status.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR c)